New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-21

Dessel while lying at ancnor.
An officer of the scholten states that the Rosa
Mar was carving no side lights but showing
The usual masthead lights to Indicate that she was
Ivipr at anchor They steered straight down the
Channel leaving her sufficient room to pass clear
when they drew near they found that she was
steaming anead and making night on to them.
They tried 10 signal her of, but it was too late.
She struck the Scholten on the port bow, ripping
off the plates some distance and exposing the inte-
nor The hole thus made extended below the
water line.
II is stated that Hastings mackerel boat reports
that her nets were damaged yesterday afternoon
BY q steamer and that while chasing the steamer
tie latter was seen TO come In collision with the
Seh0lten. 1t Is worthy of note that fragments OF
nets were found on the bows of the Rosa Mary.
The officers of the Rosa Mary aver that they
were lying at anchor and were run into They say
that they did not weigh anchor until morning.
STATEMENT OF SURGEON AYME.
DR.. Ayme, of New York. the SchOlten's surgeon,
10 of the opinion that the Rosa Mary had Just
weighed anchor and that the crew had forgotten
to put M the side lights He says
that many of those saved by the
Elbro were paralyzed with cold and
wsre with difficulty resuscitated When he last
Jaw Captain Taat the latter was standing on the
bridge trying to prevent the Storage passengers
from besieging the boats. The break in the ships
side was aft of the bulkhead aud was eight feet
wide The unservceable boats which were cut
away possibly loated when the steamer sank.
Captain Taat, of the w. A. SchOlten. had only
recently been appointed to the com mand OF that
vessel. succeeding Captain BouJer
PASSENGER DESCRIBES THE SCENE.
AMI Apoleby one of the passengers saved, said :
81 was in my berth, as also were many Others
when tie crash came. l Immediately rushed on
deck followed by confused crowd Upon hrst
reaching the deck l did not think anything
much was the matter till saw that the port bow
was stove in close to the rigging and laid open Tor
agreat space. The passengers soon crowded the
deck and inc captain and officers shouted that all
the boats be lowered. The vessel was
then settling down by the head
and the excitement was at It's worst
had hardly time to look around me before the YES
eel listed over her port side, throwing the pas
sengers and together on that side of the vessel
Most of the boats then worthless Two
boats on the port side were swung out and
lowered but the other six were useless
While the sailors were endcavonng to lower the
boats the passengers hindercd them by rushing
franticav AGAINST them. The crew tried to keep
the pas .enger5 back. thus losing valuable
time. When he boats finally lowered theIe
was rush TO get into them. | tried too but did
not stand chance. Then decided to trust TO a
lie belt. The scene on the deck was appalling
The Passengers and crew were crowded
together aud the shrieks of the wo-
men, the cries of children ana the
shouts of the men were frglful. Some OF the
passengers were on their knees praying. When
the Scho.ten sank beneath our feet there was
struggle in the icy water Most OF u mad life
bells. Sarah Gold Stepnev, Robson and kept TO-
gether We cung to each other and driftcd toward
the Ebro, finally reaching that vessel"
wRrrcnEp BUyGIIyG IN HE LIFE-BoATs.
Charles Mills. of Red Hi, Surrey. said: ." The
Gfe-boats appeared if they had not been used
for q long time They had to be chop. cd away
WITH with the assistance Of passengers. L
called out TO those on the bridge to fire rockets
1t was long time before they did. The greatest
confusion pievaied. The ship was right over on
her port side before they fired the rockets
waited until the water touched the boilers putting
out the fires. Then | got hold Of a belt, but a
Dutch sailor snatched it away We were all
mixed together, foreigners and English cilnging ~
one another in the water. / saw several drowned
In this way, and had the greatest difficulty TO
Keep clear of them | gave S ar 10 woman
10 hold on TO. The Dutch sailors wanted to save
themselves, and even thrust women aside | can
swim well, and / swan about till | got 10 the
Ebro, when a rope was thrown TO me. Alter the
collision l went down into the cabin and woke
two Dutch ladies, but they were paralyzcd with
terror and wouldn't get up despite all cntreaties
4 heard other complaints about the conduct OF the
Dutch sailors. The confusion extreme Every
body seemed terror-strcken. This may account for
the apparent want of discipline. The frantic pas
sengcrs unnerved some Of the crew, prevent ng
them from acting as bravcly as they might have
done The captain did his best TO restore order.
believe a good lookout kept We had our
lights up"
MADE POwrRLESs BY FREEZING WATER
George Moore, a passenger, says that when the
crash occurred general rush made for the
deck II was told that nothing serious had o.
cured he says, but / secured life belt There
were six English passengers on board the vessel
and one of these a girl, asked us 10 keep in a
group that the English might 20 down together
was in the water long time before being
picked mp. When the SchOltcn sank the cries were
beartrending. The captain Of the Ebro the rescuing
vessel. behaved nObly. lie had all his dcckload OF
timber thrown overheard, and this judiciOus ACT
saved many lives. Only two OF tie Schoten's
boats were lowered, the others could not be got
adrift | do not know whether this WAS due tc
any fault ON board. The vessel listed over SC
much that all the boats could not be dropped into
thc Watrr' Inc people rushed ABOUT IN the
greatest state Of excitement. all trying TO get a
place in the two boats which had teen successfully
lowered. lnc scare ana disorder prevented many
persons being saved. The water freezing cold
This FASTENED the death Of many, rendering them
p0werless."
Monte Colo. another passenger, from the 1yrol
states that the scenes the sinking ship were
terrible. The stcerage Passengers, stricken with
terror, ran about the deck in wild confusion. The
captain tried bis utmost to restore order, bat
without effect The passengers rushed Tor the bOats
and ii was with the greatest difficulty that the
officers could keep them from jumping into and
sinking them Colo in the water two hours